Background
Namba was born in Hamamatsu, Japan.
難波研
composer ethnomusicologist organist
Namba was born in Hamamatsu, Japan.
He studied at Toho College of Music. He studied with Kazuaki Ogikubo, June Nagao, Tomiko Kohjiba, Carlo Forlivesi and René Staar.
He is a lecturer at the Toho College of Music.
He received various prizes at national and international competitions including Japan national composition competition iic Tokyo 2008 (first prize, organized by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Tokyo in 2008), Tōru Takemitsu Composition Award (2nd prize, organized by the Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation in 2010) and his selected to the finalist of UNIQUE FORMS OF CONTINUITY Indiana SPACE INTERNATIONALCOMPOSITION COMPETITION 2010 (organized by the Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne in 2010).